Table 2.

Expression and significance of selected tendon‐specific markers for explanted fascicles in the +FBS and −FBS culture condition

Gene	+FBS		−FBS
	P‐value	log2(fold change)	P‐value	log2(fold change)
Biglycan (Bgn)	.001	0.57	.90	−0.02
Collagen I, α1 (Col1a1)	6.35 × 10−18	−3.10	.11	0.61
Collagen I, α2 (Col1a2)	3.32 × 10−22	−3.40	.86	0.07
Decorin (Dcn)	2.61 × 10−12	−1.76	8.03 × 10−5	−1.13
Mohawk homeobox (Mkx)	.004	−0.91	.72	−0.10
S100 calcium binding protein (S100a4)	4.49 × 10−10	−1.51	.002	−0.79
Scerlaxis (Scx)	3.03 × 10−14	−3.53	.01	−0.81
Tenascin C (Tnc)	.01	1.25	.36	1.04
Tenomodulin (Tnmd)	7.45 × 10−30	−4.16	.01	−0.82
Thrombospondin 4 (Thb4)	.11	−0.48	9.34 × 10−16	−1.95

Abbreviation: FBS, fetal bovine serum.